Belabors

The actors work too hard at their Brooklyn accents and Miller belabors his point, but he at least demonstrates the craft to do it poetically and smoothly. ❋ Paul Levy (2011)

Complain though we may about "Saturday Night Live," the show is still the greatest training ground for comic talent around -- and Monday night's special belabors the obvious with inarguably entertaining results. ❋ Tom Shales (2010)

Every issue that belabors the black community, drugs, obesity, sexual identity, every single concern of the humanists who worry about the physical and spiritual health of our country are here addressed. ❋ Gwen Davis (2010)

But Ms. Hustvedt rarely belabors the theme—this brisk, ebullient novel is a potpourri of poems, diary entries, emails and quicksilver self-analysis: "My own head was a storehouse of multiloquy, the flux de mots of myriad contrarians who argued and debated and skewered one another with mordant parley." ❋ Sam Sacks (2011)

There is a nice message about the perils of wanting to be popular and its consequences, but Lowe belabors it, addressing it repetitively, repeating it over and over get the point! making the book seem like one of those not-very-special After School Specials. ❋ Paul (2010)

Downey dazzles, gear creaks; 'Mother and Child' belabors adoption's impact. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"It belabors the obvious to say Arab-Iranian relations are complicated," John Limbert wrote Wednesday in Foreign Policy in an essay discussing the outcome of cables leaked by WikiLeaks that paint a frosty picture of relations between the leaders of Arab states and their Iranian neighbor: ❋ Melissa Bell (2010)

Once again Keller belabors the superficial and the obvious to the exclusion of any understanding of the understanding of the business of the legislature. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I have a friend who hates the third act, and how it belabors the point of the reveal. ❋ Unknown (2009)

One can practically feel the huffing and puffing required to build the suspense and to conjure the requisite red herrings, and Ms. Hitchcock belabors the mystery-writing convention that no one is what he (or she) claims to be. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Although the article belabors the point about the five-star ratings system, it does touch on the voyeuristic thrill of checking out which DVDs your friends have lined up. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Jackson, who has done wonderful work on British television ( "Double Helix"), never belabors a joke, and when the story turns magical, gives it just the right lyric spin. ❋ Unknown (2008)

This can be interpreted several ways, but I'm going to assume (given the style and diction) he means this: "obviously the Joker is a sadistic psychopath in clown make-up -- and Nolan sure isn't about to argue -- but this isn't enough for the (co-)writer-director, who belabors the character's allegorical significance so heavily that he ultimately drains him of something essential." ❋ Ed Howard (2008)

Carlson belabors this plot point, and the lack of forward momentum in the relationship ends up quickly becoming an annoyance and distraction to the story. ❋ Paul (2008)

Rowling never belabors the violence; Columbus can't think of anything else to do. ❋ Unknown (2007)

At work he deals with a vaguely potty-mouthed CEO, Russ [Philip Baker Hall], a randy senior exec, Meryl [Mimi Rogers], who has a habit of touching him inappropriately, and his assistant, Daisy [Joy Osmanski], an acerbic woman of similar age [and who belabors the fact that she finished fourth in her class at Harvard]. ❋ Unknown (2007)

That many Fallujans felt humiliated, angry or vengeful further belabors the point. ❋ Unknown (2006)